Another ship ready to sail — the rigging is tight.

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redcountess is the best eBay victim blagger ever. For a total of £229 (including VAT and postage), she secured me the shiny new old Compaq Evo N410c I am writing this on. 1GHz Pentium III, 256MB RAM. No wifi option, sadly (though I have cards here). Windows 2000 installed — the Compaq corporate laptops have the Windows license stuck on the actual machine — though I plan to Ubuntu it ASAP. I HAVE A LAPTOP THAT DOESN'T THRASH EVERY TIME I CLICK ON SOMETHING!

Still on its way: Armada M300, the low-end version of what was my work laptop in 2001 and the predecessor to this here Evo. I'll see what can be done with that, and it may be on its way to narnee soon after (dependent on sunspots, etc.). Assuming Royal Mail don't use it for football practice or similar.